So Google will send non-Gmail users (and presumably Gmail users using POP/IMAP) an email containing a link to the actual confidential email. But the first rule in *every* spam and anti-phishing training course -- which people are routinely required to take at work (I know I was) -- is: Don't click on links in email messages. Nice going Google.
This Confidential Mode "feature" seems problematic and/or just a way to force people to interact with your servers. It adds a non-standard operational mode to Email and will cause problems and security concerns (like the aforementioned Phishing concern) for people who use email clients, like Thunderbird, with POP / IMAP to access their email -- not everyone likes using a browser (or your mobile app) for email. Stop making things unnecessarily complicated. If you're committed to supporting this impending dumpster-fire, please add a way for people using regular Gmail accounts to specify that they don't want to receive Confidential Mode messages.
How does this work if you use POP (or IMAP) to get your messages from Gmail using, say, Thunderbird? If I get a link, I imagine I'll either ignore confidential mode messages or send a reply asking the sender to not be a dick and try again.
Loss of consciousness from complete oxygen deprivation happens within about 15 seconds,
You need to clarify on this point, because someone can hold their breath, depriving themselves of any gasses in the environment, and live longer than 15 seconds.
As comically demonstrated on an episode of "House" when one the other doctors said a patient might have suffered brain damage because he was deprived of oxygen for 30 seconds during surgery. Dr. House then held his breath for 30 seconds, then exclaimed, "I feel fine."
Stomp on the gas in a new Ford Mustang or F-150 and you’ll hear a meaty, throaty rumble — the same style of roar that Americans have associated with auto power and performance for decades.
It’s a sham. The engine growl in some of America’s best-selling cars and trucks is actually a finely tuned bit of lip-syncing, boosted through special pipes or digitally faked altogether.
... people are just fine with talking to automated systems so long as they are aware of the fact that they are not talking to another person...
Perhaps this isn't the same thing, but... I much prefer pressing buttons than "talking" to an automated system. It's simpler and more private. (Why would I want to say things that could be overheard -- like in that TV commercial where a guy is saying his credit card number aloud for the automated system... and I'd much rather "Press 1 to speak to the Proctologist" than say "Proctologist"...) Sure voice systems may allow more varied options and interactions than what can be easily be supported by pressing buttons, but it's super annoying to talk at the phone. Also, I like to reserve my irate vocalizations for my PCs running Windows.
Lastly, I hate systems that combine pressing numbers *and* requiring voice inputs at different, seemingly random, times during the call -- grrr...
My pattern is kind of along the lines of "Netflix-MyAccount-16@whatveremail.com". One email per account. That way, I know when I signed up for it (2016), and what it is for (Netflix).
You know that 2-digit pattern is going to bite you come y3k.
... its system can register an image of your face as soon as you walk past a sensor. It's also apparently powerful enough that you don't even have to slow down for its system to recognize you: Just walk normally,
Seems like it would be even faster to just hold up my ticket (presumably w/ QR or Bar code) and have it scan that. Face matching seems more like a way to keep people from reselling tickets -- and stepping on your privacy.
It weighs 400 pounds -- it's the size of a large copy machine -- and uses 300 kilowatts of power that's generated by a gasoline-powered turbine. "To deploy it, the driver would pull out in front of the attacker and turn it on."
Wouldn't putting a giant truck carrying the 400 lb "ray gun" and generator in front of the oncoming car also stop it?
Don't get a new one. You've got some of the last good Hondas.
Thanks for the good advice. It's also generally less expensive to keep than to replace the cars, which were both paid off a long time ago. I have 119k miles on the 2001 Civic and 47k miles on the 2002 CR-V (it was my wife's, who died in Jan 2006). Some service items are by years and/or miles, and I usually hit the year marks. Thankfully, the CR-V has a timing chain that never needs replacement, unlike the timing belt in the Civic - which has been replaced twice so far. I just replaced (myself) both wiper linkage arms on my Civic because a bushing broke on one and I noticed a bushing was cracked on the other -- it wasn't too difficult, especially as I have a service manual for that car. It is getting to the point where I may have to get after-market parts going forward as OEM ones are discontinued...
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Shouldn't the headline read:
"Border Patrol Agents under the Trump Administration Need Suspicion to Search Cell Phones"?
They already have their suspicions, now they need to be valid and justifiable.
'Father of GPS' Receives the IEEE Medal of Honor
I first read that as "FREE Medal of Honor" and wondered, "do other people pay for theirs?"
It doesn't stop plutocracy, but it certainly helps.
Ya, but the promotion of Pluto back to a planet will help them hold onto power.
So Google will send non-Gmail users (and presumably Gmail users using POP/IMAP) an email containing a link to the actual confidential email. But the first rule in *every* spam and anti-phishing training course -- which people are routinely required to take at work (I know I was) -- is: Don't click on links in email messages. Nice going Google.
This Confidential Mode "feature" seems problematic and/or just a way to force people to interact with your servers. It adds a non-standard operational mode to Email and will cause problems and security concerns (like the aforementioned Phishing concern) for people who use email clients, like Thunderbird, with POP / IMAP to access their email -- not everyone likes using a browser (or your mobile app) for email. Stop making things unnecessarily complicated. If you're committed to supporting this impending dumpster-fire, please add a way for people using regular Gmail accounts to specify that they don't want to receive Confidential Mode messages.
To summarize: Dumb, Do Not Want
How does this work if you use POP (or IMAP) to get your messages from Gmail using, say, Thunderbird? If I get a link, I imagine I'll either ignore confidential mode messages or send a reply asking the sender to not be a dick and try again.
Loss of consciousness from complete oxygen deprivation happens within about 15 seconds,
You need to clarify on this point, because someone can hold their breath, depriving themselves of any gasses in the environment, and live longer than 15 seconds.
As comically demonstrated on an episode of "House" when one the other doctors said a patient might have suffered brain damage because he was deprived of oxygen for 30 seconds during surgery. Dr. House then held his breath for 30 seconds, then exclaimed, "I feel fine."
Fair point, the electric cars should all have flashing lights and a recording of "WARNING! This is a silent car, not a horse!" played at about 90dB
How about regular cars and trucks with fake engine noises:
Stomp on the gas in a new Ford Mustang or F-150 and you’ll hear a meaty, throaty rumble — the same style of roar that Americans have associated with auto power and performance for decades.
It’s a sham. The engine growl in some of America’s best-selling cars and trucks is actually a finely tuned bit of lip-syncing, boosted through special pipes or digitally faked altogether.
... people are just fine with talking to automated systems so long as they are aware of the fact that they are not talking to another person ...
Perhaps this isn't the same thing, but ... I much prefer pressing buttons than "talking" to an automated system. It's simpler and more private. (Why would I want to say things that could be overheard -- like in that TV commercial where a guy is saying his credit card number aloud for the automated system... and I'd much rather "Press 1 to speak to the Proctologist" than say "Proctologist" ...) Sure voice systems may allow more varied options and interactions than what can be easily be supported by pressing buttons, but it's super annoying to talk at the phone. Also, I like to reserve my irate vocalizations for my PCs running Windows.
Lastly, I hate systems that combine pressing numbers *and* requiring voice inputs at different, seemingly random, times during the call -- grrr...
My pattern is kind of along the lines of "Netflix-MyAccount-16@whatveremail.com". One email per account. That way, I know when I signed up for it (2016), and what it is for (Netflix).
You know that 2-digit pattern is going to bite you come y3k.
Search for 'flat earth', 'vaccine autism', 'creation science', 'labor economics', 'sociology' etc etc.
... LIDAR (a radar-like sensor that uses lasers instead of radio waves to measure distances) ...
(sigh)
... its system can register an image of your face as soon as you walk past a sensor. It's also apparently powerful enough that you don't even have to slow down for its system to recognize you: Just walk normally,
Seems like it would be even faster to just hold up my ticket (presumably w/ QR or Bar code) and have it scan that. Face matching seems more like a way to keep people from reselling tickets -- and stepping on your privacy.
Nikola claims that these design similarities have "caused confusion" among customers and stolen away over $2 billion in business,
Doesn't one say "Tesla" and the other "Nikola" on the sides and grilles?
The current version of the sensor responds within a few seconds of the initial brain stimulation, but the researchers are working on speeding that up.
I just saw this on the Google news feed: Russia just launched a floating nuclear power plant, headed to the Arctic.
I can't help but comment on this headline: Russia's 'Nuclear Titanic' Heads West, Raising Fears of 'Chernobyl on Ice' to say the "Chernobyl on Ice" sounds like the worst Ice Capades theme ever.
(Apologies to those that take the potential destruction of the environment and Earth seriously.)
I'll add that "Nuclear Titanic" sounds like a good name for a James Cameron movie or documentary.
... a Sprint, T-Mobile merger could result in the loss of up to 30,000 jobs -- potentially more than Sprint even currently employs.
(Note: I actually like that one.)
Oligopolies = forced bundling; same as it ever was.
FYI: Least popular verse from the Talking Heads' song "Once in a Lifetime"
First Prize: One hour of Comcast Customer Support
Second Prize: Two hours of Comcast Customer Support
I just saw this on the Google news feed: Russia just launched a floating nuclear power plant, headed to the Arctic. I can't help but comment on this headline: Russia's 'Nuclear Titanic' Heads West, Raising Fears of 'Chernobyl on Ice' to say the "Chernobyl on Ice" sounds like the worst Ice Capades theme ever.
(Apologies to those that take the potential destruction of the environment and Earth seriously.)
Pristine Lakes Are Filled With Toxins
How about, "Lakes Thought To Be Pristine Are Filled With Toxins".
New Book Describes 'Bluffing' Programmers in Silicon Valley
It's not as interesting as the one about "fluffing" programmers.
It weighs 400 pounds -- it's the size of a large copy machine -- and uses 300 kilowatts of power that's generated by a gasoline-powered turbine. "To deploy it, the driver would pull out in front of the attacker and turn it on."
Wouldn't putting a giant truck carrying the 400 lb "ray gun" and generator in front of the oncoming car also stop it?
Some people (particularly younger ones and diehard fans) will see movies multiple times.
So much for that ... MoviePass Changes TOS To Prevent You From Seeing the Same Movie More Than Once
Don't get a new one. You've got some of the last good Hondas.
Thanks for the good advice. It's also generally less expensive to keep than to replace the cars, which were both paid off a long time ago. I have 119k miles on the 2001 Civic and 47k miles on the 2002 CR-V (it was my wife's, who died in Jan 2006). Some service items are by years and/or miles, and I usually hit the year marks. Thankfully, the CR-V has a timing chain that never needs replacement, unlike the timing belt in the Civic - which has been replaced twice so far. I just replaced (myself) both wiper linkage arms on my Civic because a bushing broke on one and I noticed a bushing was cracked on the other -- it wasn't too difficult, especially as I have a service manual for that car. It is getting to the point where I may have to get after-market parts going forward as OEM ones are discontinued...